Clarion 1970-04-24 Vol 45 No 24

Coach Dave Whitney and successful forensics contender,
Marge Erickson, attended their last tournament (and the season's
final contest) April 17-18.
Bethel delegates attend Evangelical Student Congress
by Toni Magnuson
Materialization of "the concern
of Christian students to meet to-day's
problems head-on and to say
and do something constructive a-bout
them," has resulted in the
First Evangelical Student Congress
to be held April 29-May 2 at
Spring Arbor College in Spring
Arbor, Michigan.
The Congress will be the first
nationally representative forum
for Evangelical college students.
Sponsored jointly by the AAES
(American Association of Evangel-ical
Students) and a governing
board of student body leaders, the
ESC is completely a student ef-fort.
The main purpose of the Con-gress
is "to deliberate — to decide
—to act," or as stated formally;
1. To provide an unfettered for-urn
in which a democratically con-stituted
and representative group
of Christian college student bodies
can speak with an authentic nat-ional
voice.
2. To unite students with a
Christian perspective in reaffirm-ing
our commitment to Christ.
3. To demonstrate the applic-ability
of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ in solving human problems.
During the four days, five com-mittees
— Campus Governance,
Christian Witness, Domestic Af-fairs,
Educational Direction and
Foreign Affairs — the topics un-der
deliberation will provide dis-cussion
on a wide range of issues
relevant to the campus, Church,and
nation. Position papers and reso-lutions
will then be prepared for
presentation to the general legis-lative
sessions where it is hoped
that legislation will evolve from
to define issues, state positions,
suggest approaches and prescribe
action.
Thus, the ESC will be a 'working'
Conference, compared to the pol-itically
oriented Platform Conven-tions
of our political parties by
one individual.
Former student body president
Dave Shupe, serving as the Dom-estic
Concerns committee chair-man,
felt that the discussion car-ried
out within the individual com-mittees
would be the most bene-ficial
aspect of the Congress. With
over 500 delegates representing
Christian Colleges and Bible
Schools from across the United
States, he feels that the ESC will
serve as a stimulus for new think-ing
and new ideas.
According to Dave, Bethel's pur-pose
in attending the Conference
will be threefold; to contribute to
and learn from the sessions, to
scout the AAES, and make contacts
with other colleges. He also added
that "we simply want to discover
what the whole thing is about."
As a whole, the ESC hopes to
achieve good press coverage, es-pecially
from the Christian Press.
"In this way," expressed one Beth-el
delegate, we can use this forum
where Christian students have a
chance to share to let people know
how we feel."
Bethel is sending nine delegates,
who will be partially supported
financially by the student senate,
to serve on each of the five com-mittees.
Serving with Dave Shupe
on the Domestic Concerns Com-mittee
will be Bruce Kunkel —
Environment, Maurice Zafke —
Social Unrest, Pat Faxon — Ur-ban
Issues, and Hugh McLeod —
Human Rights. The remaining del-egates
are; Mary Jo Healy — Edu-cational
Directions, Eldon Elseth-
Foreign Affairs, Dennis Zaderaka-
Christian Witness, and Norma Wil-cox
— Campus Governance.
The delegates were unable to
predict the outcome of this first
Evangelical Student Congress, but
stated that both participation and
enthusiasm for this major Con-ference
are high.
Vol. XLV—No. 24
Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota
Friday, April 24, 1970
Senate appoints Goodman Bethel wins third place sweepstakes
as Activities Co -ordinator in Northwest Speech Tournament
by Cindy Rostollan
Things may be different at Beth-el
next year. A new position has
been created by the Student Sen-ate
and the Student Services Of-fice.
The position is formally cal-led
Activities Co-ordinator, and
has been filled by John Goodman,
who was appointed by the Senate
April 8.
In previous years, one individual
has filled a position of Campus
Co-ordinator, and has done various
jobs ranging from working on Sen-ate
projects to running the IC3
program. This past year, the Sen-ate
decided to root out the post.
The job had gotten too specialized
in the past years and was becom-ing
almost non-existent.
But complete elimination of the
post left a responsibility gap that
needed to be filled. The result was
the Activities Co-ordinator. The
former position was revised, the
name was changed, it was to be
co-sponsored by the Senate and the
Student Services Office, and it was
to have a stipend of $1300.
To a certain extent, it was just
a continuation of the former job,
yet to an even greater extent the
new position will attempt to pull
together the loose ends in some
of the Senate committees. Right
now suggestions are being hashed
through, and some tentative ideas
have sprung up.
The co-ordinator will try to
reconstruct the Social Committee.
According to John Goodman, this
year's Social Committee Chairman
right now, there aren't enough
kids involved in the program, and
many of those involved, don't fol-low
through.
To be ready for the new school
year, (1970-71), the year's calendar
John Goodman fulfills new-ly
created post of Activities
Co-ordinator.
is already being formulated. With
the activities planned well ahead
of time, it will be easier to sched-ule
other things for days not
filled. It will also be easier for
the students and faculty to plan
their own activities.
Along with improving the school
calendar, the co-ordinator will try
and improve communication be-tween
the various colleges in the
St. Paul-Minneapolis area. Part of
this improved communication will
come in the form of an informa-tion
bulletin that would circulate
between campuses. This bulletin
will make students aware of other
social events on other campuses,
and how they can take advantage
of them.
A new idea that may be iniat-ed
next fall, is help in providing
transportation to and from the
bus depot, train station, and air-port.
Another area of this idea
is the possible aid in arranging
rides for the students to their
homes (with other students), dur-ing
the holidays, and breaks.
In the spirit of friendly comp-etition
between 200 and 300 stu-dents
and coaches met at Wiscon-sin
State University at Superior
last weekend for one of the last
forensic and debate tournaments
of the season.
For two of Bethel's four represen-tatives
e the 6th Annual North-west
Tournament, it was the last
tournament. For Coach David
Whitney and Senior Marg Erick-son
the end results were "well
worth all the hard work" as the
Bethel team won the third place
in the sweepstakes.
Marg received a third place for
her Rhetorical Critique of L. B.
Johnson's "Right to Vote" speech
and a first place trophy in Extemp-oraneous
speaking.
In the extemp. event a speaker
draws three questions, chooses one
and spends the next hour pre-paring
a 5-7 minute speech that
answers the question. On Friday
Marg spoke on the effects of the
G. Harold Carswell rejection in
the preliminary rounds. The topic
for the final round on Saturday
was "Laos: another Vietnam?"
For two more of Bethel's rep-resentatives,
Maree McKinnis and
Mark Kingsbeck, the Annual
Northwest Tournament was their
first tournament.
Maree spoke in the After-dinner
event with a speech of entertain-ment
about the need to exercise.
"With exercise you can loose
weight," she said. "I guarantee
it. Give it a 30 day trial and if
you're not satisfied you can have
your flab back free of charge."
Mark represented Bethel behind
the 'mike' in radio news broadcast-ing
and in Mark's own words, "The
whole weekend was exciting and
educational, to say nothing of en-tertaining.
I sure learned a lot
and I'm really looking forward to
doing a lot more participation next
year. I only regret I didn't take
advantage of tournament oppor-hopes
to dispel
by Bette Eckstrom
At the present time, funds to
finance 10 four-year full scholar-ships
are available to minority
group students. At the present
time, there are no takers. Oh,
Bethel does have a minority group
recruitment program —to make
them more aware of us. However,
our awareness of them is small
and basically composed of pre-suppositions.
In order to give the
Bethel community an opportunity
to learn some more of the facts
about minority groups, the Stu-dent
Senate is sponsoring a series
of seminars. Hugh McLead is in
charge of the next one in the
tunities earlier in the year."
Speaking in Rhetorical Criticism,
Freshman, Carol Shimmin analyzed
the Malcolm X speech, "The Ballot
or the Bullet." She also spoke in
continued on page 4
stereotypes
series. It will be held April 30-May
1 and will be about the Indian.
Two of the speakers, William
Craig and Chris Cavendar, are as-sociated
with the University of
Minnesota. Craig, a lecturer, will
be speaking in regard to the mis-conceptions
which prevail regard-ing
the Indians. Cavendar will be
directing his comments toward the
possibilities which open for the
minority groups with education.
Craig will be speaking in chapel
on Thursday, April 30, and both
will be at the New Campus that
evening to lead small group dis-cussions.
Friday night at 7:30 p.m.,
Cavendar will hold a meeting in
room 106 of the College Building.
Indian Seminar held next week;
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by Ruth Bogle
On Monday of next week, Nel-son
Manfred Blake from Syracuse
University in New York will pre-sent
a lecture on Reynold Niebuhr
and the Meaning of History during
the chapel hour.
Nelson Blake, one of America's
foremost social and cultural his-torians
and professor of History
at Syracuse University, has writ-ten
many books on the United
States in the twentieth century
and American and cultural history.
Among the numerous 'books Nel-son
Blake has written are: Water
for the Cities: A History of the
Urban Water Supply Problem in
the United States, A History of
American Life and Thought, The
Road to Reno; A History of Di-vorce
in the United States. His
latest contribution, published last
summer by Syracuse University
Press, is entitled, Novelists' Ameri-ca:
Fiction as History 1910-1940.
Nelson Blake feels that much
of the meaning for historical truth
can be found in the fiction of a
particular time. This is brought
out in his latest book in which he
looks at history from the viewpoint
of eight American novelists.
Blake points out for example,
that although two novels may be
written about the same historical
period, they may both show sharp-ly
contrasting worlds. Blake main-tains
that although neither may
present a true picture of an era,
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Ecology:a way of life
In reading several recently published books and experiencing the
mood and activity of the Earth Day, I began to feel a peculiar urgency
of the problems facing our world today. Of course this mood has run
periodically throughout history. Eight — ten years ago, it was the
threat of nuclear war.
But this urgency is directed at a more basic level — at the
problem rather than at the symptoms. The problems which we are
currently calling an 'ecological crisis,' has been identified not as a
matter of social structures not functioning properly, but as the basic
orientation of the social structures themselves. Our socialization process
and basic social institutions are oriented towards the destruction of
this planet and the human species.
Maybe we will get out of our present environmental bind, without
a major change of direction. But eventually, we will achieve annihilation,
and with the exponential multiplication of the rate at which we travel -
towards that end, it won't be long.
Every phase of our society is geared to progression, particularly
materially, towards "bigger the better" and preservation of that basic
premise. Even our religious faith is infected.
In an address to the Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church
April 19, Dr. Richard P. Bailey, President of Hamline University, stated
that "we must continue to admit young people (to our colleges) with
the potential to be free-thinkers."
Dr. Bailey was right as far as he went. But along with free think-ing
we need action. Living ecologically is a total way of looking at life.
It is living remembering that all things were created by God and that
He created them to exist interdependently. As one eleven year old
school girl said, when asked whether there should be an Earth Day every
year, "Every day should be Earth Day."
"That sounds good," you say. But stop! Think of the implications
of what I have said. All things exist interdependently ... we need
action. This could mean for instance that you stop looking for two big
cars in your future. Because automobiles not only require one of our
dwindling natural resources — iron ore — but their production process
contribute to the pollution of our air and water resources. What's more
during their life cycle they continue to pollute our air, eat up another
natural resource — oil — and contribute to human slaughter. And
when they are no longer useful to us, they litter our landscape. Our
"automobile attitudes," of course, are only one example of how our
thinking and behavior may have to change.
Don't let Earth Day, 1970 be the only time you think about the
environment. Because the environment is always thinking of you —
and is presently forming what could be a lethal coalition — the "natural
backlash."
Professor Nelson Blake discusses Niehbur
and the meaning of History on Monday
both novels provide useful reports
by individuals with the ability to
express their observations in a
colorful, vigorous style. Accord-ing
to Blake, the novelist sees the
world around him with striking
clarity, and although he is fre-quently
a prejudiced and willful
individual, he does bear testimony
to the realities he perceives.
It is the historian who because
of his disciplined profession, must
present a comprehensive view of
history. He suggests that the his-torian
needs not only the objectiv-ity
provided by conventional doc-uments,
but also the subjectivity
of a novelist's passionate view of
life. "The study of fiction, says
Blake, "makes a valuable contribu-tion
to understanding a history."
Bethel Forum
Library expands services Student admonishes: research before you attack
Good news! Your Bethel I-D
card now gives you access to over
850,000 books. In addition to the
64,000 volumes in the Bethel col-lege
library, the books in seven
other libraries are available to
students on inter-library loan
through Bethel's participation in
CLIC. Co-operating Libraries in
Consortium consists of the Hill
Reference Library and seven col-lege
libraries: Augsburg, Bethel,
Concordia, Hamline, Macalester,
St. Catherine, and St. Thomas.
To use the facilities of the CLIC
libraries, any Bethel student may
go to those libraries in person
and use his I-D to check out books,
with the exception of the Hill
Reference Library. However, if a
Nelson Blake, professor of his-tory
at Syracuse University, will
speak at the convocation on Mon-day
on the meaning of history,
basing his approach on Reinhold
Niebuhr. There will be no change
in class schedules.
The English Department will
lead us in our Tuesday worship.
the CLARION
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Although periodicals do not cir-culate,
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upon student usage.
On Wednesday the Pastor will
bring a portrait of Christ from the
Gospel of Mark, "The Power of
Little Faith."
An American Indian will speak
on Thursday as part of the student
senate's teach-in. On Friday a
committee of enthusiastic, vision-ary
students will show us all how
the new campus can be built.
Reporters ..... Anne Dalton, Ruth Bogle,
Tom Ford, Dave Greener,
Jan Ullberg, Jan Urspringer,
Wibby Smith
Proofreader Sharon Watson
Circulation Manager Joey Healy
Business Manager Warren Magnuson
Photographer Phil Humbert
Technical Advisor Mark Olson
Advisor Jon Fagerson
Opinions expressed in the CLARION do
not necessarily reflect the position of the
college or seminary.
To the editor:
Four years at Bethel has shown
me the value of going easy. I have
recently become aware of the value
of not offering public criticism
without first having a respectable
knowledge of what I was talking
about.
For a fact, criticism and sar-casm
have definite value when
used properly. I have come to be-lieve
that if there is anything Beth-el
could use it would be a marked
decrease in the amount of criticism
which appears weekly in the Clar-ion
and daily in the lives of many
students—myself included.
Dear editor,
Soon students will be vot-ing
on a referendum concern-ing
the future of the yearbook at
Bethel. In May there will be a con-vocation
where two groups of inter-ested
students will present oppos-ing
views involving continuance
of the annual. It is unfortunate
that this year's book can not be
seen in its entirety before the vote
of the students.
This is a year of change for the
Spire.._ The contemporary ap-proach
being used is quite differ-ent
than any previously published
at Bethel. With the use of special
effects in photography, creative
copy and interesting layout I hope
that this book will prove unique.
Remember one thing when you get
this book. This is an experiment
into your interests and feelings. To
create a book which accomplishes
a purpose it must first meet the
requirements set by the readers.
Be sure to voice your opinions; no
book, whether traditional or con-temporary,
can improve without
the demands of the students being
considered.
The attitude demonstrated by the
constant use of criticism and sar-casm
is one of Bethel's biggest
hangups. I believe that if we had
the guts and the will power to nail
that problem we'd be able to move
together against some of the other
problems that oppose the emer-gence
of a respectable B e t h el
College.
And just by way of following
through on my new philosophy,
I'd like to express grateful ap-preciation
to the ridiculously un-derpaid
ladies of the food service.
They should receive a varsity letter
You may ask, "What is a school
without a yearbook?" Unless you
as students act we may get a
chance to find out. Presently a
committee is being formed to the
end of discontinuing the Spire.
The side-effects of such a drastic
move should seriously be consider-ed
before any action ever took
place.
1. What other record do you have
for your year at Bethel? A year-book
allows you to look back at
events and people which will al-ways
be part of you. Without such
a record many of these memories
will be lost and all you will ever
have left is your diploma. College,
hopefully, was more than just that
piece of paper.
2. One prime purpose for the
annual is its importance in public
relations. When our recruiter and
administration visit high school
and prospective students one of the
first things they look at is the an-nual.
Many students judge a school
by the quality of its book.
We presently exchange year-books
with around 130 colleges
and universities. I personally learn
for the skill and rigor displayed
daily in putting up with so much
nonsense from so many young peo-ple
of varying levels of spiritual,
physical and mental maturity. And,
by the way they don't get seconds
either!
Steve Lambrides '71
P.S. "Rumer has it" that a twelve
page food service committee re-port
is forthcoming. It is hoped
that the information provided will
help avoid future demonstrations
of less than adequate misinfor-mation
on the part of Clarion con-tributors.
a lot about what their school is
like just by glancing through their
book.
3. Probably the most important
reason for having a book at Bethel
is because it is produced by the
students for the students. It in-volves
feelings and issues that
were pertinent to us. More import-ant
than scores, clubs and names
the annual captures a mood. Here
is a segment of your life. For some
this year may have been meaning-less,
just one out of eighty years
that you may live. But to most
this book exemplifies an import-ant
aspect of your life.
To discontinue the annual at
Bethel woull be a drastic mistake.
No matter where the money would
be placed it would have only temp-orary
value as compared to the
permanence of a yearbook. Next
year is 'Bethel's centennial year.
This should be the most import-ant
and penetrating book ever put
out. What would happen if there
wasn't one?
Martin Mauk '72
Editor-in-chief, Spire
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by Pastor Maurice C. Lawson
Editor theorizes rationale for Spire
by Steve Duinick
Dear Readers,
I'm somewhat hesitate to -call anybody that but maybe it's the only
word to use. I picked up a pile of my writings or, again I hesitate to call
them that, columns I wrote that are still a pile of useless w)ords,
put in order. I first had visions of transforming some of those words
into deeds or ideas that people would use and thereby help to change
the present order that is bcoming very tasteless. I tried to tell you
something of myself to help you understand how I feel about certain
subjects. Yet everything is still ugly as ever and I do honestly believe
that is the way it will stay.
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The Bethel College Choir will
present its Spring Concert at 8
tonight in the fieldhouse.
"The emphasis of the College
Choir in presenting this concert is
to provide music in the contempo-rary
20th century idiom as well
as the more traditional forms,"
stated Dr. Robert Bergland, con-ductor
of the choir. "This will be
music for the sheer pleasure of
performing."
The first section of the program
will consist of three contemporary
pieces. They are musical adapta-tions
of poems that are dismal ex-portunity
for the group to see
the noted sights of California. Dis-neyland,
Marineland, San Diego
Zoo, and Knott's Berry Farm were
highlights.
Tour wasn't all light moments
of fun and games. It was an op-portunity
for individual growth.
Easter Sunday morning at Napa,
California was a beautiful experi-ence.
It was our first day in the
lush landscape. Remembering
Christ's resurrection and seeing
a natural new life in the blooms
and greenery aroused a keen spiri-tual
awareness.
Staying overnight with brothers
and sisters in Jesus each night
proved what a bond Christians can
have with each other. Moments
alone with time to think, really
think, were possible. Getting to
know the other people in the
group and their views of life and
particularly Christianity, broaden-ed
our experience and gave us an
appreciation for individual differ-ences.
Band tour
will begin
on April 30
Northern Minnesota, Wisconsin,
and Illinois are the setting for
the upcoming Bethel Band tour.
The band members are leaving
Thursday, April 30 and will re-turn
Tuesday night, May 5.
Under the direction of Julius
Whitinger, music department head,
the band performs numbers rang-ing
from overtures by Beethoven
and Tschaikowsky to excerpts from
operas to Latin American dance
music to solos by the percussion
section and individual instruments
(flute, trumpet, and trombone).
The itinerary for the tour is:
April 30 — First Baptist Church,
Chisholm, Minn.
May 1—First Baptist Church, Cook,
Minn.
May 2—S. Arrowhead Baptist, Du-luth,
Minn.
May 3—Salem Baptist Church, Ash-land,
Wisc.
May 4—First Baptist Church, Sis-ter
Bay, Wisc.
May 5—Immanuel Baptist Church,
Waukegan, Ill.
Friday, April 24, 1970
pressions of life at an abstract
level.
Wild Swans, penned by Edna
St Vincent Millay and set by Paul
Fetler, a professor of music at the
U of M, is the first number on the
program. Next is Can Death Be
Sleep, poem by John Keats and
music by W. Peterson of Mills Col-lege.
Earth Sweet Earth follows,
a number exhibiting a great deal
of chromaticism in the score by
W. Peterson and the unity between
man and nature in the text by G.M.
Hopkins.
Romantic Classicism and neo-classicism
set the tone for the con-cluding
section of this concert.
Schubert's Mass in G is a setting
of the ordinary of the mass in the
Classical idiom with Romantic de-vices
(sudden dynamics, swells, ru-batos)
integrated into the piece.
The mass is written for mixed cho-
The library staff under the dir-ection
of Margaret Dewey, has de-cided
to sponsor a booksale for
all unwanted books which mem-bers
of the Bethel community may
have in their possession. Funds
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rus, soprano, tenor, bass soloists,
and strings. Dorothy Sega•ar, David
Waite, and Jon Nordstrom are the
soloists. The strings are profession-als
from the Twin Cities Music-ians
Association.
Following the Mass is Frau
Musica (In Praise of Music) by
Paul Hindesmith, a neo-classical
composer. The text, by Martin Lu-ther,
will be sung in German. This
is "gebrauchsmusik", or "music for
the people", with a great deal of
rythmatic variation and vitality.
The final number is the Adagio
for Strings, by S. Barber. The mel-ody
is melancholy and plaintive,
with the whole piece exhibiting a
minor tone coloration. The string
ensemble consists of four fiddles,
two violas, one bass, and one cello.
There is no admission charge
for the concert. A free-will offer-ing
will be taken.
from the sale, instead of being put
into the library's budget will go
to share, the student organization
on campus working for minority
recruitment.
Any books, used or unused,
which students, faculty, or staff
are no longer using or are simply
taking up space may be brought
to Mrs. Dewey's office in the lib-rary
where they will be evaluated
in preparation for the sale which
is set for May 6, weather pending,
on the lawn outside the library.
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by Linnea Berg
Not all the suntanned bodies
were in Florida during Spring
break. The Women's Choir enjoyed
the California sun on their spring
tour. Tour is not just singing every
night in a different church. It is
comedy, unity, friendship, growth,
an experience.
'Because the Sheppard residence
in South Dakota was in such close
proximity to the highway on the
road West, the bus took a slight
detour to pay a visit. Choir mem-ber
Carmen lead 43 girls in a sur-prise
attack with the question,
"Hey, Mom, did you get my letter?
We're staying for supper!" (Recall
that the postal strike was still on).
Whenever the bus passed an arm-ed
forces base or an eligible look-ing
group of men, someone invar-iably
yelled out "comfort stop!"
As you can imagine, time passes
rather slowly on a bus trip of two
solid days. The activities on the
bus were as varied as the 43 per-sonalities.
Love bead stringing and
knitting were popular. Spontaneous
group singing with a comb-band
encouraged each girl to do her own
thing. Cousin "Carm" came
through at bedtime with a ghost
story to help us face the long,
cold night ahead.
Every member will agree that
Mrs. Mogck and Dr. Finlay were
valuable additions to the tour.
Nurse Mogck was official throat
sprayer to those battling sore
throats. Throughout the trip, Dr.
Finlay offered gems of geography
from "your genial host," his self-appointed
title.
Ask any member if she wants a
sack lunch and you'll observe a
contorted face accompanied by an
expressive "yick"! Each girl is
now knowledgeable enough to
write a paper "How I learned to
love ham sandwiches." Actually,
California people do know how to
satisfy hungry singers.
Free time activities gave op-
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College Choir sings tonight;
performs contemporary works
Skurdahrs recital
coming on Tuesday
Dave Skurdahl will present his senior recital Tuesday night, April
28 at 8 in the Seminary chapel
Assisting him will be his brother, Tim Skurdahl on trumpet, and
a brass quartet.
Dave is an applied voice major. He has a tenor range, and hopes
to sing professionally (preferring the operatic form) after his graduation
this June.
"I'm looking forward to my recital," Skurdahl states. "I'm always
a bit nervous before I sing, but I concentrate on thinking about the
words which I will be singing, which calms me down."
Dave's other interests are typing, sculpture, and modern art. He
presently conducts the junior choir at Park Ave. Covenant.
There will be a reception in Sem-3 following the recital.
Following is the program for his recital:
Das Wandern Franz Schubert
Meir Franz Schubert
Verborgenheit Hugo Wolf
Zueignung Richard Strauss
Dave Skurdahl
Petite Piece Guillaume Balay
Timothy Skurdahl, trumpet solo
Dalla sua pace (from "Don Giovanni") W.A. Mozart
In Native Worth and Honor Clad Joe Haydn
Dave Skurdahl
"Two Fantasias in Four Parts" Banchieri
Brass quartet consisting of Jay Swisher,
Tim Skurdahl, Gary Vogel, and Jim Fulton
Shoes Kathleen Manning
Looking-Glass River J.A. Carpenter
The Sea Edward Macdowell
Dave Skurdahl
The Holy City Stephen Adams
Tim Skurdahl, trumpet solo
Thus Spake Jesus Michael Head
The God of Love my Shepherd Is Eric Thiman
0 Love That Wilt not Let me go Richard Ellsaser
Gloria A. Buzzi-Peccia
Dave Skurdahl
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colleges are now beginning to re-cognize
Bethel in a real sense of
high quality competition."
Some of the other fifteen schools
participating were Ball State of
Muncie, Indiana (first place win-ner
in sweepstakes), WSU-Eau
Claire (second place in sweep-stakes),
UMD, Iowa Wesleyan,
Northern Michigan University, Be-midji
State and Moorhead State
from Minnesota.
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Royals host
relay meet
at Ramsey
by Rich Zaderaka
Tomorrow Bethel hosts the Be-thel
Relays which will be held at
Ramsey High School. Challenging
schools are Augsburg, Concordia,
Gustavus, Hamline and St. John's.
Field events will start at 12:30 p.m.
running events at 2.
In last Saturday's cold and driz-zly
weather, the Bethel tracksters
participated in the Gustavus Re-lays.
The Royals finished fourth
besting only the hosting Gustavus
team. One factor which hampered
Bethel was the elimination of the
javelin event which at this point
is the Royal's greatest strength.
Another hindrance was the inabil-ity
of senior co-captain Dave
Pound to compete because of
a pulled hamstring.
Hamline and St. Thomas dom-inated
the meet, tying for first
with 67 points. Duluth was next
with 52, followed by Bethel's 24
and Gustavus 22.
The 880 yard relay team of John
Zylstra, Pete Roemer, Don Muska
and Phil James placed third with
a time of 1:42.1. Pete Roemer won
an individual third with a distance
of 39 feet 7 inches in the triple
jump.
Dan Mogck had a pair of fourths,
placing in the high hurdles and in
the intermediate high hurdles.
Paul Stoneburg captured a fifth
in the latter hurdle event. Don
Muska and Fred Swed'berg also
had fifths in the 100 and shot put
respectively.
Pre -registration
set for May 4-8
by Jan Ullberg
Student pre-registration for next
fall will begin with and go through
the entire week of May 4-8. Gen-eral
policies and procedures will
be the same as in past years. The
registrar's office, in working with
this, forsees no problems if each
student follows through in pre-liminary
preparation.
The days for pre-registration
are divided up according to class
enrollment is of next fall.
Junior & Seniors May 4-7
Sophomores May 7-8
It is important to complete this
registration this spring, as next
fall incoming freshman and trans-fer
students will be the first to
register.
A fee of $50 is due before you
can pre-register. This is payable
at the Student Account windaw.
It is applied to your tuition next
fall and will be refunded if you
officially withdraw before July 1,
or are denied enrollment.
It is hoped that schedules and
registrations forms will be in the
P.O.'s by Friday, April 24. So it is
important now to contact and set
up an appointment with your ad-visor
in the next two weeks.
Friday, April 24, 1970
by Tim Weko
Wednesday was Earth Day and chapel was dedicated to that theme.
Pastor Lawson gave different views on what was the major cause of
environmental pollution, but he forgot one—the one that says that air
pollution would stop if people stopped breathing—particularly those
with bad breath. People used to believe that halitosis was better than
no breath at all, but not anymore. Would you believe—earthitosos?
It seems the B-Club want some money from its members to pay
for five or six M.V.P. trophies to be presented at the athletic banquet.
These thophies sell for $25 each. I think this would have been a good way
to use the profits from the donkey-basketball game, but it's too late
for that now. But that all leads to a deeper look at the B-Club itself.
Someone asked what the B-Club was good for. What does it do
for its members? Well, that is a difficult question to answer. But the
answer seems to be that the B-Club does nothing for its members.
Don't get me wrong—the B-Club does a lot for the school: it sells
popcorn and pop at the basketball games, it cleans up after those
games, it provides ushers at the Festival of Christmas and it gives
trophies to the most valuable players in each sport, but it doesn't do
anything for the individual members.
For instance, look, at the career of a typical Bethel male who has
earned a letter for his efforts in some varsity sport. He is proud of his
letter. He hears that everyone with a letter joins the B-Club. He inquires
as to the qualifications and finds that the only requirement is to have a
varsity letter. Swell. Next he pays $1 for a paddle which he is to decorate
and present to his "big daddy" at the B-Club initiation and which his
"big daddy" will use on him. Oh! the pain! B-Club initiation is a very
humbling experience—both mentally and physically—and his glutius
maximus remain red and sore for quite a while, but after a few weeks he
forgets it—he is now a member. He forgets it, that is, until he has to sell
popcorn at the basketball games. Oh, that's all right. But soon it's his
turn to clean up the gym. Well, that's not so bad, until the third or
fourth time. Now it's time usher a Festival—gee, that's great. He gets
to go free, right.
Next year rolls around, and he letters again. Now he is eligible to
pay $25 for a letter jacket—strictly optional, of course. Also he goes
through the whole service bit again.
What this all means is that unless a guy letters three or four times
(which entitles him to a letter sweater and blanket) all he does is pay
money and work—with no returns. There's nothing wrong with work
and service, but a guy has got to be pretty dumb to go through all that
for nothing. So, there are a lot of us dumb guys walking around.
If someone can tell me what the B-Club does for its members. I'd
be glad to listen. After four years as a member, I'd like to know if I
missed any benefits.
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Baseball team records
win; entertains St. Olaf
scoreless innings behind them.
Jim Delich who is usually found
at third base got credit for the win
against N.C.B.C., pitching the last
five innings of the 11 inning game.
Right now the weak spot on our
team is hitting. Steve Hanson leads
our team hitting .400 with "Broad-way"
Bill Painter right behind him
with .368. The only other men hit-ting
over .100 are Dean Ericson
and "Bugs" Jim Feldman. The
team's average is .141.
Perhaps a bright spot has been
the pitching game. With starters
Lowell Richardson and Bob Brodin
beginning to groove, the only other
thing that could encourage a coach
would be a couple of rookies, Tim
Dahl and John Hedberg. Tim and
John bath pitched three innings
and looked good in the N.C.B.C.
game.
Tournament is last for year, coach
continued from page 1
extemp., drawing a question re-garding
integration and bussing.
Carol says she is looking forward
to three more years of college
competition. "It really can be an
invaluable part of anyone's educa-tion,
'as well as a good way to meet
a lot of kids from other campuses."
Whitney, who will be leaving
Bethel at the end of the year to
join the Minneapolis Department
of Crime and Delinquency, says,
"I have really enjoyed my two
years of coaching at Bethel. It's
been very rewarding to see the
tone of high respect that has de-veloped
over the last two years
for Bethel and her speakers. Other
by Bill Ankerberg
The Bethel Royals concluded the
first third of their baseball season
with a 4-3 win over North Central
Bible College, the team record
stands at 2-3 Their next major test
will be against St. Olaf on April
25 on Dunning Field.
The game against N.C.B.C. on
April 18 came as a welcome relief
to the Royals who had dropped
both games of the double header
with Northland the previous day.
Dick Lee of Northland got credit
for both wins, pitching 13 shut-out
innings against the Royals.
The first game was a 7-0 shut
out. The second ended in a 3-0
score. The team was held scoreless
in the two Northland games, and
went into the fourth inning of the
N.C.B.C. game with 23 consecutive

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Coach Dave Whitney and successful forensics contender,
Marge Erickson, attended their last tournament (and the season's
final contest) April 17-18.
Bethel delegates attend Evangelical Student Congress
by Toni Magnuson
Materialization of "the concern
of Christian students to meet to-day's
problems head-on and to say
and do something constructive a-bout
them," has resulted in the
First Evangelical Student Congress
to be held April 29-May 2 at
Spring Arbor College in Spring
Arbor, Michigan.
The Congress will be the first
nationally representative forum
for Evangelical college students.
Sponsored jointly by the AAES
(American Association of Evangel-ical
Students) and a governing
board of student body leaders, the
ESC is completely a student ef-fort.
The main purpose of the Con-gress
is "to deliberate — to decide
—to act," or as stated formally;
1. To provide an unfettered for-urn
in which a democratically con-stituted
and representative group
of Christian college student bodies
can speak with an authentic nat-ional
voice.
2. To unite students with a
Christian perspective in reaffirm-ing
our commitment to Christ.
3. To demonstrate the applic-ability
of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ in solving human problems.
During the four days, five com-mittees
— Campus Governance,
Christian Witness, Domestic Af-fairs,
Educational Direction and
Foreign Affairs — the topics un-der
deliberation will provide dis-cussion
on a wide range of issues
relevant to the campus, Church,and
nation. Position papers and reso-lutions
will then be prepared for
presentation to the general legis-lative
sessions where it is hoped
that legislation will evolve from
to define issues, state positions,
suggest approaches and prescribe
action.
Thus, the ESC will be a 'working'
Conference, compared to the pol-itically
oriented Platform Conven-tions
of our political parties by
one individual.
Former student body president
Dave Shupe, serving as the Dom-estic
Concerns committee chair-man,
felt that the discussion car-ried
out within the individual com-mittees
would be the most bene-ficial
aspect of the Congress. With
over 500 delegates representing
Christian Colleges and Bible
Schools from across the United
States, he feels that the ESC will
serve as a stimulus for new think-ing
and new ideas.
According to Dave, Bethel's pur-pose
in attending the Conference
will be threefold; to contribute to
and learn from the sessions, to
scout the AAES, and make contacts
with other colleges. He also added
that "we simply want to discover
what the whole thing is about."
As a whole, the ESC hopes to
achieve good press coverage, es-pecially
from the Christian Press.
"In this way," expressed one Beth-el
delegate, we can use this forum
where Christian students have a
chance to share to let people know
how we feel."
Bethel is sending nine delegates,
who will be partially supported
financially by the student senate,
to serve on each of the five com-mittees.
Serving with Dave Shupe
on the Domestic Concerns Com-mittee
will be Bruce Kunkel —
Environment, Maurice Zafke —
Social Unrest, Pat Faxon — Ur-ban
Issues, and Hugh McLeod —
Human Rights. The remaining del-egates
are; Mary Jo Healy — Edu-cational
Directions, Eldon Elseth-
Foreign Affairs, Dennis Zaderaka-
Christian Witness, and Norma Wil-cox
— Campus Governance.
The delegates were unable to
predict the outcome of this first
Evangelical Student Congress, but
stated that both participation and
enthusiasm for this major Con-ference
are high.
Vol. XLV—No. 24
Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota
Friday, April 24, 1970
Senate appoints Goodman Bethel wins third place sweepstakes
as Activities Co -ordinator in Northwest Speech Tournament
by Cindy Rostollan
Things may be different at Beth-el
next year. A new position has
been created by the Student Sen-ate
and the Student Services Of-fice.
The position is formally cal-led
Activities Co-ordinator, and
has been filled by John Goodman,
who was appointed by the Senate
April 8.
In previous years, one individual
has filled a position of Campus
Co-ordinator, and has done various
jobs ranging from working on Sen-ate
projects to running the IC3
program. This past year, the Sen-ate
decided to root out the post.
The job had gotten too specialized
in the past years and was becom-ing
almost non-existent.
But complete elimination of the
post left a responsibility gap that
needed to be filled. The result was
the Activities Co-ordinator. The
former position was revised, the
name was changed, it was to be
co-sponsored by the Senate and the
Student Services Office, and it was
to have a stipend of $1300.
To a certain extent, it was just
a continuation of the former job,
yet to an even greater extent the
new position will attempt to pull
together the loose ends in some
of the Senate committees. Right
now suggestions are being hashed
through, and some tentative ideas
have sprung up.
The co-ordinator will try to
reconstruct the Social Committee.
According to John Goodman, this
year's Social Committee Chairman
right now, there aren't enough
kids involved in the program, and
many of those involved, don't fol-low
through.
To be ready for the new school
year, (1970-71), the year's calendar
John Goodman fulfills new-ly
created post of Activities
Co-ordinator.
is already being formulated. With
the activities planned well ahead
of time, it will be easier to sched-ule
other things for days not
filled. It will also be easier for
the students and faculty to plan
their own activities.
Along with improving the school
calendar, the co-ordinator will try
and improve communication be-tween
the various colleges in the
St. Paul-Minneapolis area. Part of
this improved communication will
come in the form of an informa-tion
bulletin that would circulate
between campuses. This bulletin
will make students aware of other
social events on other campuses,
and how they can take advantage
of them.
A new idea that may be iniat-ed
next fall, is help in providing
transportation to and from the
bus depot, train station, and air-port.
Another area of this idea
is the possible aid in arranging
rides for the students to their
homes (with other students), dur-ing
the holidays, and breaks.
In the spirit of friendly comp-etition
between 200 and 300 stu-dents
and coaches met at Wiscon-sin
State University at Superior
last weekend for one of the last
forensic and debate tournaments
of the season.
For two of Bethel's four represen-tatives
e the 6th Annual North-west
Tournament, it was the last
tournament. For Coach David
Whitney and Senior Marg Erick-son
the end results were "well
worth all the hard work" as the
Bethel team won the third place
in the sweepstakes.
Marg received a third place for
her Rhetorical Critique of L. B.
Johnson's "Right to Vote" speech
and a first place trophy in Extemp-oraneous
speaking.
In the extemp. event a speaker
draws three questions, chooses one
and spends the next hour pre-paring
a 5-7 minute speech that
answers the question. On Friday
Marg spoke on the effects of the
G. Harold Carswell rejection in
the preliminary rounds. The topic
for the final round on Saturday
was "Laos: another Vietnam?"
For two more of Bethel's rep-resentatives,
Maree McKinnis and
Mark Kingsbeck, the Annual
Northwest Tournament was their
first tournament.
Maree spoke in the After-dinner
event with a speech of entertain-ment
about the need to exercise.
"With exercise you can loose
weight," she said. "I guarantee
it. Give it a 30 day trial and if
you're not satisfied you can have
your flab back free of charge."
Mark represented Bethel behind
the 'mike' in radio news broadcast-ing
and in Mark's own words, "The
whole weekend was exciting and
educational, to say nothing of en-tertaining.
I sure learned a lot
and I'm really looking forward to
doing a lot more participation next
year. I only regret I didn't take
advantage of tournament oppor-hopes
to dispel
by Bette Eckstrom
At the present time, funds to
finance 10 four-year full scholar-ships
are available to minority
group students. At the present
time, there are no takers. Oh,
Bethel does have a minority group
recruitment program —to make
them more aware of us. However,
our awareness of them is small
and basically composed of pre-suppositions.
In order to give the
Bethel community an opportunity
to learn some more of the facts
about minority groups, the Stu-dent
Senate is sponsoring a series
of seminars. Hugh McLead is in
charge of the next one in the
tunities earlier in the year."
Speaking in Rhetorical Criticism,
Freshman, Carol Shimmin analyzed
the Malcolm X speech, "The Ballot
or the Bullet." She also spoke in
continued on page 4
stereotypes
series. It will be held April 30-May
1 and will be about the Indian.
Two of the speakers, William
Craig and Chris Cavendar, are as-sociated
with the University of
Minnesota. Craig, a lecturer, will
be speaking in regard to the mis-conceptions
which prevail regard-ing
the Indians. Cavendar will be
directing his comments toward the
possibilities which open for the
minority groups with education.
Craig will be speaking in chapel
on Thursday, April 30, and both
will be at the New Campus that
evening to lead small group dis-cussions.
Friday night at 7:30 p.m.,
Cavendar will hold a meeting in
room 106 of the College Building.
Indian Seminar held next week;
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LAOS
by Ruth Bogle
On Monday of next week, Nel-son
Manfred Blake from Syracuse
University in New York will pre-sent
a lecture on Reynold Niebuhr
and the Meaning of History during
the chapel hour.
Nelson Blake, one of America's
foremost social and cultural his-torians
and professor of History
at Syracuse University, has writ-ten
many books on the United
States in the twentieth century
and American and cultural history.
Among the numerous 'books Nel-son
Blake has written are: Water
for the Cities: A History of the
Urban Water Supply Problem in
the United States, A History of
American Life and Thought, The
Road to Reno; A History of Di-vorce
in the United States. His
latest contribution, published last
summer by Syracuse University
Press, is entitled, Novelists' Ameri-ca:
Fiction as History 1910-1940.
Nelson Blake feels that much
of the meaning for historical truth
can be found in the fiction of a
particular time. This is brought
out in his latest book in which he
looks at history from the viewpoint
of eight American novelists.
Blake points out for example,
that although two novels may be
written about the same historical
period, they may both show sharp-ly
contrasting worlds. Blake main-tains
that although neither may
present a true picture of an era,
page 2 the CLARION Friday, April 24, 1970
Ecology:a way of life
In reading several recently published books and experiencing the
mood and activity of the Earth Day, I began to feel a peculiar urgency
of the problems facing our world today. Of course this mood has run
periodically throughout history. Eight — ten years ago, it was the
threat of nuclear war.
But this urgency is directed at a more basic level — at the
problem rather than at the symptoms. The problems which we are
currently calling an 'ecological crisis,' has been identified not as a
matter of social structures not functioning properly, but as the basic
orientation of the social structures themselves. Our socialization process
and basic social institutions are oriented towards the destruction of
this planet and the human species.
Maybe we will get out of our present environmental bind, without
a major change of direction. But eventually, we will achieve annihilation,
and with the exponential multiplication of the rate at which we travel -
towards that end, it won't be long.
Every phase of our society is geared to progression, particularly
materially, towards "bigger the better" and preservation of that basic
premise. Even our religious faith is infected.
In an address to the Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church
April 19, Dr. Richard P. Bailey, President of Hamline University, stated
that "we must continue to admit young people (to our colleges) with
the potential to be free-thinkers."
Dr. Bailey was right as far as he went. But along with free think-ing
we need action. Living ecologically is a total way of looking at life.
It is living remembering that all things were created by God and that
He created them to exist interdependently. As one eleven year old
school girl said, when asked whether there should be an Earth Day every
year, "Every day should be Earth Day."
"That sounds good," you say. But stop! Think of the implications
of what I have said. All things exist interdependently ... we need
action. This could mean for instance that you stop looking for two big
cars in your future. Because automobiles not only require one of our
dwindling natural resources — iron ore — but their production process
contribute to the pollution of our air and water resources. What's more
during their life cycle they continue to pollute our air, eat up another
natural resource — oil — and contribute to human slaughter. And
when they are no longer useful to us, they litter our landscape. Our
"automobile attitudes," of course, are only one example of how our
thinking and behavior may have to change.
Don't let Earth Day, 1970 be the only time you think about the
environment. Because the environment is always thinking of you —
and is presently forming what could be a lethal coalition — the "natural
backlash."
Professor Nelson Blake discusses Niehbur
and the meaning of History on Monday
both novels provide useful reports
by individuals with the ability to
express their observations in a
colorful, vigorous style. Accord-ing
to Blake, the novelist sees the
world around him with striking
clarity, and although he is fre-quently
a prejudiced and willful
individual, he does bear testimony
to the realities he perceives.
It is the historian who because
of his disciplined profession, must
present a comprehensive view of
history. He suggests that the his-torian
needs not only the objectiv-ity
provided by conventional doc-uments,
but also the subjectivity
of a novelist's passionate view of
life. "The study of fiction, says
Blake, "makes a valuable contribu-tion
to understanding a history."
Bethel Forum
Library expands services Student admonishes: research before you attack
Good news! Your Bethel I-D
card now gives you access to over
850,000 books. In addition to the
64,000 volumes in the Bethel col-lege
library, the books in seven
other libraries are available to
students on inter-library loan
through Bethel's participation in
CLIC. Co-operating Libraries in
Consortium consists of the Hill
Reference Library and seven col-lege
libraries: Augsburg, Bethel,
Concordia, Hamline, Macalester,
St. Catherine, and St. Thomas.
To use the facilities of the CLIC
libraries, any Bethel student may
go to those libraries in person
and use his I-D to check out books,
with the exception of the Hill
Reference Library. However, if a
Nelson Blake, professor of his-tory
at Syracuse University, will
speak at the convocation on Mon-day
on the meaning of history,
basing his approach on Reinhold
Niebuhr. There will be no change
in class schedules.
The English Department will
lead us in our Tuesday worship.
the CLARION
Published weekly during the academic
year, except during vacation and exami-nation
periods, by the students of Bethel
College, St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Sub-scription
rate $4 per year.
Editor in chief Pat Faxon
News Editor Marg Erickson
Feature Editor Cindy Rostollan
Fine Arts Editor Marjorie Rusche
Sports Editor Tim Weko
Layout Editor Lynn Hansen
Copy Editor Anne Dalton
student has the exact titles and
authors of books he needs, he can
fill out inter-library loan slips at
the circulation or reference desks,
and the librarian will call other
libraries until the books are lo-cated.
These calls can only be
made by the circulation or ref-erence
librarian, not by students
themselves.
Although periodicals do not cir-culate,
Xerox copies of articles
can be requested from other li-braries.
At the present time there
is no charge for this service, but
a 10-cent per page fee may be
introduced at some future date.
CLIC is a new venture in library
co-operation; its success is depen-dent
upon student usage.
On Wednesday the Pastor will
bring a portrait of Christ from the
Gospel of Mark, "The Power of
Little Faith."
An American Indian will speak
on Thursday as part of the student
senate's teach-in. On Friday a
committee of enthusiastic, vision-ary
students will show us all how
the new campus can be built.
Reporters ..... Anne Dalton, Ruth Bogle,
Tom Ford, Dave Greener,
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Technical Advisor Mark Olson
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Opinions expressed in the CLARION do
not necessarily reflect the position of the
college or seminary.
To the editor:
Four years at Bethel has shown
me the value of going easy. I have
recently become aware of the value
of not offering public criticism
without first having a respectable
knowledge of what I was talking
about.
For a fact, criticism and sar-casm
have definite value when
used properly. I have come to be-lieve
that if there is anything Beth-el
could use it would be a marked
decrease in the amount of criticism
which appears weekly in the Clar-ion
and daily in the lives of many
students—myself included.
Dear editor,
Soon students will be vot-ing
on a referendum concern-ing
the future of the yearbook at
Bethel. In May there will be a con-vocation
where two groups of inter-ested
students will present oppos-ing
views involving continuance
of the annual. It is unfortunate
that this year's book can not be
seen in its entirety before the vote
of the students.
This is a year of change for the
Spire.._ The contemporary ap-proach
being used is quite differ-ent
than any previously published
at Bethel. With the use of special
effects in photography, creative
copy and interesting layout I hope
that this book will prove unique.
Remember one thing when you get
this book. This is an experiment
into your interests and feelings. To
create a book which accomplishes
a purpose it must first meet the
requirements set by the readers.
Be sure to voice your opinions; no
book, whether traditional or con-temporary,
can improve without
the demands of the students being
considered.
The attitude demonstrated by the
constant use of criticism and sar-casm
is one of Bethel's biggest
hangups. I believe that if we had
the guts and the will power to nail
that problem we'd be able to move
together against some of the other
problems that oppose the emer-gence
of a respectable B e t h el
College.
And just by way of following
through on my new philosophy,
I'd like to express grateful ap-preciation
to the ridiculously un-derpaid
ladies of the food service.
They should receive a varsity letter
You may ask, "What is a school
without a yearbook?" Unless you
as students act we may get a
chance to find out. Presently a
committee is being formed to the
end of discontinuing the Spire.
The side-effects of such a drastic
move should seriously be consider-ed
before any action ever took
place.
1. What other record do you have
for your year at Bethel? A year-book
allows you to look back at
events and people which will al-ways
be part of you. Without such
a record many of these memories
will be lost and all you will ever
have left is your diploma. College,
hopefully, was more than just that
piece of paper.
2. One prime purpose for the
annual is its importance in public
relations. When our recruiter and
administration visit high school
and prospective students one of the
first things they look at is the an-nual.
Many students judge a school
by the quality of its book.
We presently exchange year-books
with around 130 colleges
and universities. I personally learn
for the skill and rigor displayed
daily in putting up with so much
nonsense from so many young peo-ple
of varying levels of spiritual,
physical and mental maturity. And,
by the way they don't get seconds
either!
Steve Lambrides '71
P.S. "Rumer has it" that a twelve
page food service committee re-port
is forthcoming. It is hoped
that the information provided will
help avoid future demonstrations
of less than adequate misinfor-mation
on the part of Clarion con-tributors.
a lot about what their school is
like just by glancing through their
book.
3. Probably the most important
reason for having a book at Bethel
is because it is produced by the
students for the students. It in-volves
feelings and issues that
were pertinent to us. More import-ant
than scores, clubs and names
the annual captures a mood. Here
is a segment of your life. For some
this year may have been meaning-less,
just one out of eighty years
that you may live. But to most
this book exemplifies an import-ant
aspect of your life.
To discontinue the annual at
Bethel woull be a drastic mistake.
No matter where the money would
be placed it would have only temp-orary
value as compared to the
permanence of a yearbook. Next
year is 'Bethel's centennial year.
This should be the most import-ant
and penetrating book ever put
out. What would happen if there
wasn't one?
Martin Mauk '72
Editor-in-chief, Spire
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by Pastor Maurice C. Lawson
Editor theorizes rationale for Spire
by Steve Duinick
Dear Readers,
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put in order. I first had visions of transforming some of those words
into deeds or ideas that people would use and thereby help to change
the present order that is bcoming very tasteless. I tried to tell you
something of myself to help you understand how I feel about certain
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The Bethel College Choir will
present its Spring Concert at 8
tonight in the fieldhouse.
"The emphasis of the College
Choir in presenting this concert is
to provide music in the contempo-rary
20th century idiom as well
as the more traditional forms,"
stated Dr. Robert Bergland, con-ductor
of the choir. "This will be
music for the sheer pleasure of
performing."
The first section of the program
will consist of three contemporary
pieces. They are musical adapta-tions
of poems that are dismal ex-portunity
for the group to see
the noted sights of California. Dis-neyland,
Marineland, San Diego
Zoo, and Knott's Berry Farm were
highlights.
Tour wasn't all light moments
of fun and games. It was an op-portunity
for individual growth.
Easter Sunday morning at Napa,
California was a beautiful experi-ence.
It was our first day in the
lush landscape. Remembering
Christ's resurrection and seeing
a natural new life in the blooms
and greenery aroused a keen spiri-tual
awareness.
Staying overnight with brothers
and sisters in Jesus each night
proved what a bond Christians can
have with each other. Moments
alone with time to think, really
think, were possible. Getting to
know the other people in the
group and their views of life and
particularly Christianity, broaden-ed
our experience and gave us an
appreciation for individual differ-ences.
Band tour
will begin
on April 30
Northern Minnesota, Wisconsin,
and Illinois are the setting for
the upcoming Bethel Band tour.
The band members are leaving
Thursday, April 30 and will re-turn
Tuesday night, May 5.
Under the direction of Julius
Whitinger, music department head,
the band performs numbers rang-ing
from overtures by Beethoven
and Tschaikowsky to excerpts from
operas to Latin American dance
music to solos by the percussion
section and individual instruments
(flute, trumpet, and trombone).
The itinerary for the tour is:
April 30 — First Baptist Church,
Chisholm, Minn.
May 1—First Baptist Church, Cook,
Minn.
May 2—S. Arrowhead Baptist, Du-luth,
Minn.
May 3—Salem Baptist Church, Ash-land,
Wisc.
May 4—First Baptist Church, Sis-ter
Bay, Wisc.
May 5—Immanuel Baptist Church,
Waukegan, Ill.
Friday, April 24, 1970
pressions of life at an abstract
level.
Wild Swans, penned by Edna
St Vincent Millay and set by Paul
Fetler, a professor of music at the
U of M, is the first number on the
program. Next is Can Death Be
Sleep, poem by John Keats and
music by W. Peterson of Mills Col-lege.
Earth Sweet Earth follows,
a number exhibiting a great deal
of chromaticism in the score by
W. Peterson and the unity between
man and nature in the text by G.M.
Hopkins.
Romantic Classicism and neo-classicism
set the tone for the con-cluding
section of this concert.
Schubert's Mass in G is a setting
of the ordinary of the mass in the
Classical idiom with Romantic de-vices
(sudden dynamics, swells, ru-batos)
integrated into the piece.
The mass is written for mixed cho-
The library staff under the dir-ection
of Margaret Dewey, has de-cided
to sponsor a booksale for
all unwanted books which mem-bers
of the Bethel community may
have in their possession. Funds
the CLARION page 3
rus, soprano, tenor, bass soloists,
and strings. Dorothy Sega•ar, David
Waite, and Jon Nordstrom are the
soloists. The strings are profession-als
from the Twin Cities Music-ians
Association.
Following the Mass is Frau
Musica (In Praise of Music) by
Paul Hindesmith, a neo-classical
composer. The text, by Martin Lu-ther,
will be sung in German. This
is "gebrauchsmusik", or "music for
the people", with a great deal of
rythmatic variation and vitality.
The final number is the Adagio
for Strings, by S. Barber. The mel-ody
is melancholy and plaintive,
with the whole piece exhibiting a
minor tone coloration. The string
ensemble consists of four fiddles,
two violas, one bass, and one cello.
There is no admission charge
for the concert. A free-will offer-ing
will be taken.
from the sale, instead of being put
into the library's budget will go
to share, the student organization
on campus working for minority
recruitment.
Any books, used or unused,
which students, faculty, or staff
are no longer using or are simply
taking up space may be brought
to Mrs. Dewey's office in the lib-rary
where they will be evaluated
in preparation for the sale which
is set for May 6, weather pending,
on the lawn outside the library.
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Not all the suntanned bodies
were in Florida during Spring
break. The Women's Choir enjoyed
the California sun on their spring
tour. Tour is not just singing every
night in a different church. It is
comedy, unity, friendship, growth,
an experience.
'Because the Sheppard residence
in South Dakota was in such close
proximity to the highway on the
road West, the bus took a slight
detour to pay a visit. Choir mem-ber
Carmen lead 43 girls in a sur-prise
attack with the question,
"Hey, Mom, did you get my letter?
We're staying for supper!" (Recall
that the postal strike was still on).
Whenever the bus passed an arm-ed
forces base or an eligible look-ing
group of men, someone invar-iably
yelled out "comfort stop!"
As you can imagine, time passes
rather slowly on a bus trip of two
solid days. The activities on the
bus were as varied as the 43 per-sonalities.
Love bead stringing and
knitting were popular. Spontaneous
group singing with a comb-band
encouraged each girl to do her own
thing. Cousin "Carm" came
through at bedtime with a ghost
story to help us face the long,
cold night ahead.
Every member will agree that
Mrs. Mogck and Dr. Finlay were
valuable additions to the tour.
Nurse Mogck was official throat
sprayer to those battling sore
throats. Throughout the trip, Dr.
Finlay offered gems of geography
from "your genial host," his self-appointed
title.
Ask any member if she wants a
sack lunch and you'll observe a
contorted face accompanied by an
expressive "yick"! Each girl is
now knowledgeable enough to
write a paper "How I learned to
love ham sandwiches." Actually,
California people do know how to
satisfy hungry singers.
Free time activities gave op-
Jesus, music to be expressed
on Women's Choir spring tour
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College Choir sings tonight;
performs contemporary works
Skurdahrs recital
coming on Tuesday
Dave Skurdahl will present his senior recital Tuesday night, April
28 at 8 in the Seminary chapel
Assisting him will be his brother, Tim Skurdahl on trumpet, and
a brass quartet.
Dave is an applied voice major. He has a tenor range, and hopes
to sing professionally (preferring the operatic form) after his graduation
this June.
"I'm looking forward to my recital," Skurdahl states. "I'm always
a bit nervous before I sing, but I concentrate on thinking about the
words which I will be singing, which calms me down."
Dave's other interests are typing, sculpture, and modern art. He
presently conducts the junior choir at Park Ave. Covenant.
There will be a reception in Sem-3 following the recital.
Following is the program for his recital:
Das Wandern Franz Schubert
Meir Franz Schubert
Verborgenheit Hugo Wolf
Zueignung Richard Strauss
Dave Skurdahl
Petite Piece Guillaume Balay
Timothy Skurdahl, trumpet solo
Dalla sua pace (from "Don Giovanni") W.A. Mozart
In Native Worth and Honor Clad Joe Haydn
Dave Skurdahl
"Two Fantasias in Four Parts" Banchieri
Brass quartet consisting of Jay Swisher,
Tim Skurdahl, Gary Vogel, and Jim Fulton
Shoes Kathleen Manning
Looking-Glass River J.A. Carpenter
The Sea Edward Macdowell
Dave Skurdahl
The Holy City Stephen Adams
Tim Skurdahl, trumpet solo
Thus Spake Jesus Michael Head
The God of Love my Shepherd Is Eric Thiman
0 Love That Wilt not Let me go Richard Ellsaser
Gloria A. Buzzi-Peccia
Dave Skurdahl
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colleges are now beginning to re-cognize
Bethel in a real sense of
high quality competition."
Some of the other fifteen schools
participating were Ball State of
Muncie, Indiana (first place win-ner
in sweepstakes), WSU-Eau
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Page 4 the CLARION
Royals host
relay meet
at Ramsey
by Rich Zaderaka
Tomorrow Bethel hosts the Be-thel
Relays which will be held at
Ramsey High School. Challenging
schools are Augsburg, Concordia,
Gustavus, Hamline and St. John's.
Field events will start at 12:30 p.m.
running events at 2.
In last Saturday's cold and driz-zly
weather, the Bethel tracksters
participated in the Gustavus Re-lays.
The Royals finished fourth
besting only the hosting Gustavus
team. One factor which hampered
Bethel was the elimination of the
javelin event which at this point
is the Royal's greatest strength.
Another hindrance was the inabil-ity
of senior co-captain Dave
Pound to compete because of
a pulled hamstring.
Hamline and St. Thomas dom-inated
the meet, tying for first
with 67 points. Duluth was next
with 52, followed by Bethel's 24
and Gustavus 22.
The 880 yard relay team of John
Zylstra, Pete Roemer, Don Muska
and Phil James placed third with
a time of 1:42.1. Pete Roemer won
an individual third with a distance
of 39 feet 7 inches in the triple
jump.
Dan Mogck had a pair of fourths,
placing in the high hurdles and in
the intermediate high hurdles.
Paul Stoneburg captured a fifth
in the latter hurdle event. Don
Muska and Fred Swed'berg also
had fifths in the 100 and shot put
respectively.
Pre -registration
set for May 4-8
by Jan Ullberg
Student pre-registration for next
fall will begin with and go through
the entire week of May 4-8. Gen-eral
policies and procedures will
be the same as in past years. The
registrar's office, in working with
this, forsees no problems if each
student follows through in pre-liminary
preparation.
The days for pre-registration
are divided up according to class
enrollment is of next fall.
Junior & Seniors May 4-7
Sophomores May 7-8
It is important to complete this
registration this spring, as next
fall incoming freshman and trans-fer
students will be the first to
register.
A fee of $50 is due before you
can pre-register. This is payable
at the Student Account windaw.
It is applied to your tuition next
fall and will be refunded if you
officially withdraw before July 1,
or are denied enrollment.
It is hoped that schedules and
registrations forms will be in the
P.O.'s by Friday, April 24. So it is
important now to contact and set
up an appointment with your ad-visor
in the next two weeks.
Friday, April 24, 1970
by Tim Weko
Wednesday was Earth Day and chapel was dedicated to that theme.
Pastor Lawson gave different views on what was the major cause of
environmental pollution, but he forgot one—the one that says that air
pollution would stop if people stopped breathing—particularly those
with bad breath. People used to believe that halitosis was better than
no breath at all, but not anymore. Would you believe—earthitosos?
It seems the B-Club want some money from its members to pay
for five or six M.V.P. trophies to be presented at the athletic banquet.
These thophies sell for $25 each. I think this would have been a good way
to use the profits from the donkey-basketball game, but it's too late
for that now. But that all leads to a deeper look at the B-Club itself.
Someone asked what the B-Club was good for. What does it do
for its members? Well, that is a difficult question to answer. But the
answer seems to be that the B-Club does nothing for its members.
Don't get me wrong—the B-Club does a lot for the school: it sells
popcorn and pop at the basketball games, it cleans up after those
games, it provides ushers at the Festival of Christmas and it gives
trophies to the most valuable players in each sport, but it doesn't do
anything for the individual members.
For instance, look, at the career of a typical Bethel male who has
earned a letter for his efforts in some varsity sport. He is proud of his
letter. He hears that everyone with a letter joins the B-Club. He inquires
as to the qualifications and finds that the only requirement is to have a
varsity letter. Swell. Next he pays $1 for a paddle which he is to decorate
and present to his "big daddy" at the B-Club initiation and which his
"big daddy" will use on him. Oh! the pain! B-Club initiation is a very
humbling experience—both mentally and physically—and his glutius
maximus remain red and sore for quite a while, but after a few weeks he
forgets it—he is now a member. He forgets it, that is, until he has to sell
popcorn at the basketball games. Oh, that's all right. But soon it's his
turn to clean up the gym. Well, that's not so bad, until the third or
fourth time. Now it's time usher a Festival—gee, that's great. He gets
to go free, right.
Next year rolls around, and he letters again. Now he is eligible to
pay $25 for a letter jacket—strictly optional, of course. Also he goes
through the whole service bit again.
What this all means is that unless a guy letters three or four times
(which entitles him to a letter sweater and blanket) all he does is pay
money and work—with no returns. There's nothing wrong with work
and service, but a guy has got to be pretty dumb to go through all that
for nothing. So, there are a lot of us dumb guys walking around.
If someone can tell me what the B-Club does for its members. I'd
be glad to listen. After four years as a member, I'd like to know if I
missed any benefits.
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Baseball team records
win; entertains St. Olaf
scoreless innings behind them.
Jim Delich who is usually found
at third base got credit for the win
against N.C.B.C., pitching the last
five innings of the 11 inning game.
Right now the weak spot on our
team is hitting. Steve Hanson leads
our team hitting .400 with "Broad-way"
Bill Painter right behind him
with .368. The only other men hit-ting
over .100 are Dean Ericson
and "Bugs" Jim Feldman. The
team's average is .141.
Perhaps a bright spot has been
the pitching game. With starters
Lowell Richardson and Bob Brodin
beginning to groove, the only other
thing that could encourage a coach
would be a couple of rookies, Tim
Dahl and John Hedberg. Tim and
John bath pitched three innings
and looked good in the N.C.B.C.
game.
Tournament is last for year, coach
continued from page 1
extemp., drawing a question re-garding
integration and bussing.
Carol says she is looking forward
to three more years of college
competition. "It really can be an
invaluable part of anyone's educa-tion,
'as well as a good way to meet
a lot of kids from other campuses."
Whitney, who will be leaving
Bethel at the end of the year to
join the Minneapolis Department
of Crime and Delinquency, says,
"I have really enjoyed my two
years of coaching at Bethel. It's
been very rewarding to see the
tone of high respect that has de-veloped
over the last two years
for Bethel and her speakers. Other
by Bill Ankerberg
The Bethel Royals concluded the
first third of their baseball season
with a 4-3 win over North Central
Bible College, the team record
stands at 2-3 Their next major test
will be against St. Olaf on April
25 on Dunning Field.
The game against N.C.B.C. on
April 18 came as a welcome relief
to the Royals who had dropped
both games of the double header
with Northland the previous day.
Dick Lee of Northland got credit
for both wins, pitching 13 shut-out
innings against the Royals.
The first game was a 7-0 shut
out. The second ended in a 3-0
score. The team was held scoreless
in the two Northland games, and
went into the fourth inning of the
N.C.B.C. game with 23 consecutive